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Archives: December 2017
Bad Diets Causing Death; Fewer Overweight Trying to Exercise – Smilecast 86
Dietary Factors Associated with Substantial Proportion of Deaths from Heart Disease, Stroke, and Diabetes. Fewer Overweight Adults Report Trying to Lose Weight. Nearly half of all deaths due to heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes in the U.S. in 2012 were associated with sub-optimal dietary habits and being overweight,...
Poor Sleep and Alzheimer’s Implications-Video
Poor Sleep May Be Early Sign of Alzheimer’s Poor sleep may be a sign that people who are otherwise healthy may be more at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease later in life than people who do not have sleep problems, according to a study published in Neurology®, the medical journal...
Glaucoma Treatment – B3 May Be the Answer – Smilecast 85
Glaucoma Treatment – B3 May Be the Answer In mice genetically predisposed to glaucoma, vitamin B3 added to drinking water is effective at glaucoma treatment, a research team led by Jackson Laboratory Professor and Howard Hughes Medical Investigator Simon W.M. John reports in the journal Science. Glaucoma is one of the most common neurodegenerative...
Sleeping Too Much – It Might Be a Sign of Dementia Risk – Smilecast 84
Sleeping Too Much? It May Be a Sign of Increased Dementia Risk Are you sleeping too much? Sleeping more than nine hours a day may be an early sign of degeneration of the brain and signify an increased risk of dementia in older people, according to a study published in Neurology®,...
Music Therapy Improves Dementia Symptoms – Try My Concerts at Home-Video
Music Therapy Through One on One Concerts Personalized music therapy may help decrease antipsychotic use and improve dementia symptoms in individuals with dementia according to a new study in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. “Results from this study offer the first evidence that the M&M individualized...
4 Things You Need to Know About a New Dementia Diagnosis – Smilecast 83
4 Things You Need to Know About a New Dementia Diagnosis The recent PBS documentary, Alzheimer’s: Every Minute Counts, sounded an alarm and a wakeup call to the devastation being caused by dementia, including Alzheimer’s. As more and more people become impacted, it’s important to help family members, including children...
Obesity, High BP, Diabetes, Cholesterol > Alzheimer’s Risk – Smilecast 82
Findings Support Role of Vascular Disease in Development of Alzheimer’s Disease Among adults who entered a study more than 25 years ago, an increasing number of midlife vascular risk factors, such as obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol and smoking, were associated with elevated levels of brain amyloid (protein...
Our Friday Song of the Week – My Way
Our Friday Song of the Week – My Way